Significant Children:none Summarize an interesting story from mythology that your god is a part of:
Athena's Birth
Athena was born by her father Zeus,which is the king of gods,thunder,the sky,and justice.The story is that Zeus got Metis pregnant and if they were to have the child as a boy it would grow up and be more powerful than Zeus.So to stop preventing that Zeus swallowed Metis. Metis was actually pregnant with Athena.When Athena was born it was a big problem for her father Zeus.He began to get major headaches.So then he went to Hephaestus,god of smiths/crafts and fire/forges,asking him to open his head.Hephaestus did as he was told,he opened his head,and out came Athena. Athena came out fully grown and armed ready for battle. Athena had the shield of Medusa,which had Medusa's real head on it,a helmet,and a spear.Because of this it is known that Athena was indeed Zeus favorite daughter.
Athena
Athena with her shield,helmet,and spear
Goddess of:
- wisdom
- warfare
- knowledge
Significant Children:noneSummarize an interesting story from mythology that your god is a part of:
Athena's Birth
Athena was born by her father Zeus,which is the king of gods,thunder,the sky,and justice.The story is that Zeus got Metis pregnant and if they were to have the child as a boy it would grow up and be more powerful than Zeus.So to stop preventing that Zeus swallowed Metis. Metis was actually pregnant with Athena.When Athena was born it was a big problem for her father Zeus.He began to get major headaches.So then he went to Hephaestus,god of smiths/crafts and fire/forges,asking him to open his head.Hephaestus did as he was told,he opened his head,and out came Athena. Athena came out fully grown and armed ready for battle. Athena had the shield of Medusa,which had Medusa's real head on it,a helmet,and a spear.Because of this it is known that Athena was indeed Zeus favorite daughter.
Sources: class notes
http://gogreece.about.com/cs/mythology/a/mythathena.htm
http://www.goddessgift.com/goddess-myths/greek_goddess_athena.htm
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/grecoromanmyth1/p/Athena.htm
http://www.paleothea.com/SortaSingles/Athena.html
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